Yes, I was put on lexapro and I did have Depression and low serotonin levels. I quit taking lexapro cold turkey after 3 weeks, which I DO NOT recommend. The 3 weeks after I stopped was hell on earth.

I was determined to find a natural remedy for myself and once I found what works for me the Depression lifted off of my shoulders. I'm not saying everyday is perfect but I can feel myself getting back to normal slowly.

A lot of exercise, proper diet, and just a positive mindset that this will be over one day has helped.

Hi EC Parent,
If your son is not interested in taking SSRI's then i would research the following amino acids: L-Tyrosine, N-Acetyl Cysteine (NAC), L-Theanine, SAM-E etc…

Another option is to consider having him work with a therapist, specifically a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist. EC can trigger OCD symptoms due to the constant monitoring of the lips. "Body Dysmorphic Disorder" is another symptom that can manifest with EC. It's possible that "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder" can manifest due to long-term, repeated social shame/embarrassment interacting in public with peeling lips.

Visiting a Cognitive Behavioral Therapist is a proactive, short term therapy that will work directly on disfunctional thought patterns and anxiety symptoms. I would search "Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Anxiety" and research to see if it appeals to you & your son.

I believe that EC has a tremendous emotional/psychological component to it that often overshadows the physical symptoms of chronic lip peeling…

Consider this: if our lips became healed, stopped peeling and looked normal, would we still have lingering trauma and social anxiety due to years of shame/embarrassment etc…? To some people, yes.

I hope all this helps your son in some way…
Cheers,
Yossarian

This person tried 5-http, but it did not help much.

http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f35/chronic-peeling-lips-and-social...

Next week I'm goin to see a psychiatrist. Also I am visiting a psychologist once a week. My problems has started after I quit taking antidepressants 3 years ago. That wasn't a smart decission. You have to know that each time you take any medicine, it provides you with vitamin, hormone whatever - in a unatural, increased amount. When you suddenly stop taking the drug - not decreasing the amount, just quitiing all of sudden - your body lacks of it, cause it runned on that fuel.

When you suddenly stop adding this fuel to your body, it goes insane. Like isotretinoin (accutane), when you stop taking it, your body gets less A vitamin / retinoids, it had. You get scalp inflammatoin, which I did have, because there's not enough amount of retinoids that could handle the oil production.

I think some bad stuff happened to me after I suddenly quit serotonin and I got prostate inlammation and fordyce spots almost at the same time. Next week I'm starting with antidepressants. I'll see if it'll change anything and I'll post about it. More to that - I do have depression, so serious I often barely get up to work. I can't even think straight these days.

How to natuarally increas serotonin?

Phisical exercises!
Phisical exercises!
Every day!


Walking, running, working in fresh air, at least 1-2 hours every days, and there is no more depression.

Sleeping!


Try to sleep at 10PM latest.

Try to wake up early!




Also, eliminating things from diet like:

- sugar, corn syrup, dextrose, any concentrated sweetener
- alcohol
- wine vinegar
- coffee
- tea
- MSG
- Margarine
- refined salt (table salt should be replcaed with unrefined)

Good natural sorces of natural sugar: fresh fruit & vegetabl


Any drinks like soda, coffeee, tea should be replace with
clean water (water filter may help )


But, at least 1-2 hours every day breathing fresh air while walking, running or biking or swimming or working in a field is the best cure for depression.

Taking magnesium bath ( add magnesium chloride or magnesium sulfate to bath water ) also helps!.


White Shark

ec parent
once longterm suggest me turmeric as antidepressant-
google it

also ashwagandha(winter cherry) -google it
brahmi -google it
tagara-google it
www.arjunanatural.com/ý
search for himalaya products not only himalaya ....
apart this all do yoga and exercise

ec parent hows your son doing?

make him attend art of living happiness program